K&A's Guidebook :-)

Kevin & Ally
Kevin & Ally
K&A's Guidebook :-)

Public Transportation (2 blocks)

Just 1 block Northwest is the Montebello Transit Center, which includes a large Bus Depot and a Light Rail stop. The Light Rail runs a few stops North of here (mostly residential), and maybe 30-40 stops South and East of here, including Camelback and Central Entertainment District, Midtown Arts District (hosting First Friday Artwalk), Downtown Phoenix (Comerica Theater, Symphony Hall, Arena), Sky Harbor Airport (PHX), Downtown Tempe (Marquee Theater, Mill Avenue, ASU), Downtown Mesa (Mesa Amphitheater, Mesa Arts Center), and so on. Busses run in every direction from here. It's REALLY easy to get places without a car from here!
Hop the Light Rail to visit trendy and upscale downtown restaurants and bars, or to hit up a sporting event. The Light Rail will take you all the way to Mesa, and stops include Sky Harbor Airport too
Montebello/19th Ave Light Rail Station
Hop the Light Rail to visit trendy and upscale downtown restaurants and bars, or to hit up a sporting event. The Light Rail will take you all the way to Mesa, and stops include Sky Harbor Airport too
Phoenix has a bicycle-share service called Grid Bikes. You can pick up and return them on your schedule. Here's more info: http://gridbikes.com/
Grid Bike Sharing Station
4866-4888 N Central Ave
Phoenix has a bicycle-share service called Grid Bikes. You can pick up and return them on your schedule. Here's more info: http://gridbikes.com/

Food Scene

Within say 3 miles of our house, there are probably 30-50 really nice, trendy, cool spots with great food and craft cocktails to check out...one of the reasons why we LOVE living here! Here's some of our favorites...but also check out Yelp and TripAdvisor for additional recommendations!
Great BBQ smoked daily on property. Nice ambiance and good service.
41 habitants recommandent
Bobby-Q BBQ Restaurant and Steakhouse
8501 N 27th Ave
41 habitants recommandent
Great BBQ smoked daily on property. Nice ambiance and good service.
Great food, unique menu, and fun Hawaiian-themed atmosphere.
83 habitants recommandent
Hula's Modern Tiki
5114 N 7th St
83 habitants recommandent
Great food, unique menu, and fun Hawaiian-themed atmosphere.
The 'Windsor Classic' is the Best Burger I've had in town! They have GREAT food for a reasonable price, and great service in a great location with great ambiance. (Yes, there's lots of 'greats' in there!) ;-)
136 habitants recommandent
Windsor
5223 N Central Ave
136 habitants recommandent
The 'Windsor Classic' is the Best Burger I've had in town! They have GREAT food for a reasonable price, and great service in a great location with great ambiance. (Yes, there's lots of 'greats' in there!) ;-)
One of our favorite Mexican spots. Family-owned for 30+ years, outstanding food, awesome service, really low prices for the quality!
Pepe's Taco Villa
2108 W Camelback Rd
One of our favorite Mexican spots. Family-owned for 30+ years, outstanding food, awesome service, really low prices for the quality!
GREAT Thai food, and wonderful hosts! Family owned.
Thai Lotus Restaurant
7023 N 19th Ave
GREAT Thai food, and wonderful hosts! Family owned.
This is what I would call a "real" coffee shop...they roast their own coffee in-house, lots of shabby-chic seating, cool "Indie" music and vibe, hipsters, hippies, entrepreneurs, students, and the like hang out here. Their food is AWESOME, and there's a full bar as well...which is great because they are also open 6am until midnight unless it's the weekend, and they stay open until 2am...super cool place!
259 habitants recommandent
Lux Central
4402 N Central Ave
259 habitants recommandent
This is what I would call a "real" coffee shop...they roast their own coffee in-house, lots of shabby-chic seating, cool "Indie" music and vibe, hipsters, hippies, entrepreneurs, students, and the like hang out here. Their food is AWESOME, and there's a full bar as well...which is great because they are also open 6am until midnight unless it's the weekend, and they stay open until 2am...super cool place!
Huge place, beautiful patio, good food, and lively ambiance. Built in a historic 100+ year old adobe home which has been revamped. I have my birthday party there every year.
24 habitants recommandent
Aunt Chiladas Squaw Peak
7330 N Dreamy Draw Dr
24 habitants recommandent
Huge place, beautiful patio, good food, and lively ambiance. Built in a historic 100+ year old adobe home which has been revamped. I have my birthday party there every year.
Upscale Ambiance, culinary-style menu, trendy, fun, and good service.
561 habitants recommandent
Culinary Dropout
7135 E Camelback Rd
561 habitants recommandent
Upscale Ambiance, culinary-style menu, trendy, fun, and good service.
Just a 2 minute walk across the street!
10 habitants recommandent
Starbucks
5715 N 19th Ave
10 habitants recommandent
Just a 2 minute walk across the street!

Shopping

The nearby shopping is one of the things we love about living here!
Healthy store for fresh fruit, veggies, and groceries.
36 habitants recommandent
Sprouts Farmers Market
245 E Bell Rd
36 habitants recommandent
Healthy store for fresh fruit, veggies, and groceries.
HUGE SuperTarget, located just across 19th Ave from us. Pretty much everything you need in one store, including groceries.
48 habitants recommandent
Target
5715 N 19th Ave
48 habitants recommandent
HUGE SuperTarget, located just across 19th Ave from us. Pretty much everything you need in one store, including groceries.
Right across the street from us...close proximity, air conditioned, and a food court.
24 habitants recommandent
Christown Spectrum Mall
1607 W Montebello Ave
24 habitants recommandent
Right across the street from us...close proximity, air conditioned, and a food court.
Close to home, Walgreens is just up the street.
18 habitants recommandent
Walgreens
7000 N 16th St
18 habitants recommandent
Close to home, Walgreens is just up the street.
Albertsons Grocery Store
8 habitants recommandent
Albertsons
8035 N 19th Ave
8 habitants recommandent
Albertsons Grocery Store

Entertainment & Activities

This category would have probably 300 things in it if we added everything you can do within a 1-hour drive of the house...here's a few we thought you might like. :-)
Again, just a short walk to Palo Verde Golf Course, a municipal 9-hole with a driving range.
11 habitants recommandent
Palo Verde Golf Course
6215 N 15th Ave
11 habitants recommandent
Again, just a short walk to Palo Verde Golf Course, a municipal 9-hole with a driving range.
New-release movies, just a 5 minute walk across the street!
18 habitants recommandent
Harkins Theatres Christown 14
1620 W Montebello Ave
18 habitants recommandent
New-release movies, just a 5 minute walk across the street!
Great place to spend the day! Lots of shops in the Tlaquepaque Village, and beautiful hikes. Cool off by taking a dip in Oak Creek afterwards!
883 habitants recommandent
Sedona
883 habitants recommandent
Great place to spend the day! Lots of shops in the Tlaquepaque Village, and beautiful hikes. Cool off by taking a dip in Oak Creek afterwards!
3-4 hours north of us. We recommend renting a car and heading out early AM...get up there around 8am before the crowds start, visit the Village, then hike a short ways down Bright Angel Trail to get great photos and a perspective on how big this thing REALLY is...standing at the rim doesn't get the job done fully. :-)
435 habitants recommandent
Grand Canyon
435 habitants recommandent
3-4 hours north of us. We recommend renting a car and heading out early AM...get up there around 8am before the crowds start, visit the Village, then hike a short ways down Bright Angel Trail to get great photos and a perspective on how big this thing REALLY is...standing at the rim doesn't get the job done fully. :-)
Prescott is SUCH a cool town. Downtown there's live music and lots of antique shopping on Whiskey Row. There's also lots of cool spots to have a bite to eat, or just relax on the huge tree-lined green grass expanse that makes up the Courthouse Square.
163 habitants recommandent
Prescott
163 habitants recommandent
Prescott is SUCH a cool town. Downtown there's live music and lots of antique shopping on Whiskey Row. There's also lots of cool spots to have a bite to eat, or just relax on the huge tree-lined green grass expanse that makes up the Courthouse Square.
Just 2-hours north is the place that Alisa and Kevin met in Jr. High School. Other than that fame, LOL, it also has GREAT breweries, restaurants with live music, hiking and mountain biking, and beautiful views of the San Francisco Peaks (14,000' elevation), where there's a ski resort as well. It's also a pretty drive. :-)
330 habitants recommandent
Flagstaff
330 habitants recommandent
Just 2-hours north is the place that Alisa and Kevin met in Jr. High School. Other than that fame, LOL, it also has GREAT breweries, restaurants with live music, hiking and mountain biking, and beautiful views of the San Francisco Peaks (14,000' elevation), where there's a ski resort as well. It's also a pretty drive. :-)

Arts & Culture

Phoenix is not known as a very "museum-ey" sort of town...but the few museums we DO have are really done well !!
We are less than a 10min walk from the Yucca Public Library.
Yucca Library
5648 N 15th Ave
We are less than a 10min walk from the Yucca Public Library.
Expansive museum of the Southwest
653 habitants recommandent
Musée Heard
2301 N Central Ave
653 habitants recommandent
Expansive museum of the Southwest
As a Music Teacher, Alisa HIGHLY recommends MIM. It'll take you a full day...there's SO MUCH to see!!
652 habitants recommandent
Musée des instruments de musique
4725 E Mayo Blvd
652 habitants recommandent
As a Music Teacher, Alisa HIGHLY recommends MIM. It'll take you a full day...there's SO MUCH to see!!
Some really cool exhibits that rotate through here, and the museum is interactive and fun.
292 habitants recommandent
Centre des sciences de l'Arizona
600 E Washington St
292 habitants recommandent
Some really cool exhibits that rotate through here, and the museum is interactive and fun.
Great little local theatre
42 habitants recommandent
Compagnie de théâtre Phoenix
1825 N Central Ave
42 habitants recommandent
Great little local theatre

Drinks & Nightlife

Within say 3 miles of our house, there are probably 30-50 really nice, trendy, cool spots with great food and craft cocktails to check out...one of the reasons why we LOVE living here! Here's some of our favorites...but also check out Yelp and TripAdvisor for additional recommendations!
Swanky, upscale lounge with AMAZING food and great lighting, beautiful surroundings, and beautiful patrons, lol. On Monday and Tuesday, they have a "Board and Bottle" special...currently $25 for an entire bottle of good wine AND a Bruschetta Board with four pieces of bruschetta of your choosing from their selection of eight or so. Genius!
215 habitants recommandent
Postino Central
5144 N Central Ave
215 habitants recommandent
Swanky, upscale lounge with AMAZING food and great lighting, beautiful surroundings, and beautiful patrons, lol. On Monday and Tuesday, they have a "Board and Bottle" special...currently $25 for an entire bottle of good wine AND a Bruschetta Board with four pieces of bruschetta of your choosing from their selection of eight or so. Genius!
Live music 5+ nights per week...cool little upscale retro spot!
47 habitants recommandent
The Womack
5749 N 7th St
47 habitants recommandent
Live music 5+ nights per week...cool little upscale retro spot!
Cute little spot, not far away, with interesting beer and wine selection. Take the Light Rail to Camelback and Central Ave, and walk just a bit down Central Ave (follow your train, on foot), and you'll see Rott, and just past that, Hula Tiki Bar as well.
13 habitants recommandent
Rott n' Grapes Uptown
4750 N Central Ave
13 habitants recommandent
Cute little spot, not far away, with interesting beer and wine selection. Take the Light Rail to Camelback and Central Ave, and walk just a bit down Central Ave (follow your train, on foot), and you'll see Rott, and just past that, Hula Tiki Bar as well.
1980's and 1990's video games throughout the place, great beers on tap, and good food! Take the Light Rail to Camelback and Central Ave, and cross Camelback...it's right there!
11 habitants recommandent
Bonus Round
24 W Camelback Rd
11 habitants recommandent
1980's and 1990's video games throughout the place, great beers on tap, and good food! Take the Light Rail to Camelback and Central Ave, and cross Camelback...it's right there!
Speakeasy, with a "hidden-in-plain-sight" back entrance, which has to be one of the swankiest, most upscale, awesome lounges we've ever been to...seriously. Look for the unassuming "industrial-looking" stairway BEHIND Stock and Stable Restaurant, climb the stairs, and enter through the heavy door, down the dark hallway, and allow your eyes to adjust to the opulence of a REALLY nicely-done speakeasy-style lounge. Drinks are strong, barkeeps are attentive, and lots of little "alcoves" to sit in. HIGHLY recommended!!
24 habitants recommandent
Honor Amongst Thieves
5538 N 7th St
24 habitants recommandent
Speakeasy, with a "hidden-in-plain-sight" back entrance, which has to be one of the swankiest, most upscale, awesome lounges we've ever been to...seriously. Look for the unassuming "industrial-looking" stairway BEHIND Stock and Stable Restaurant, climb the stairs, and enter through the heavy door, down the dark hallway, and allow your eyes to adjust to the opulence of a REALLY nicely-done speakeasy-style lounge. Drinks are strong, barkeeps are attentive, and lots of little "alcoves" to sit in. HIGHLY recommended!!
Authentic-ish Irish Pub...upscale, good food, and good live music several nights a week.
7 habitants recommandent
Rosie McCaffrey's Irish Restaurant and Pub
906 E Camelback Rd
7 habitants recommandent
Authentic-ish Irish Pub...upscale, good food, and good live music several nights a week.

Essentials

Quick turn-around...often very next day. Discounted rates.
Regal Discount Cleaners
5501 N 7th Ave
Quick turn-around...often very next day. Discounted rates.
Like most laundromats, you're going to see people of all types here, and you'll not likely see a "best-dressed" fashion show here, but it's cheap, and it's close.
Laundry Basket 24-Hour Laundromat
5108 N 19th Ave
Like most laundromats, you're going to see people of all types here, and you'll not likely see a "best-dressed" fashion show here, but it's cheap, and it's close.
An alternative to Laundry Basket, but doesn't have great reviews on Yelp...
coin less laundry
An alternative to Laundry Basket, but doesn't have great reviews on Yelp...
You can take the Light Rail one stop North (toward Dunlap) and visit the Fry's Grocery Store (Kroger) if you are not able to find what you need at SuperTarget across the street.
Fry's Marketplace
1815 W Glendale Ave
You can take the Light Rail one stop North (toward Dunlap) and visit the Fry's Grocery Store (Kroger) if you are not able to find what you need at SuperTarget across the street.